# Alabama license plate: Standard 2022

> The Alabama standard 2022 license plate: format 9L9999L, for example 8M9031B, 2022 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and motorhome.

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Part of [Alabama license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--alabama) (5 registration series).

![Alabama (United States) license plate, Standard 2022 (2022 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-al/us-al-standard-2022/alabama-license-plate-standard-2022.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9L9999L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2022 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, motorhome |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Other sizes | 7 × 4 in |
| Colours | characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-al-standard-2022` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--alabama/standard-2022) |

Sources:

- [ALDOR 'License Plate Design Specifications', April 8 2021: 6x12 in passenger / 4x7 in motorcycle; the 5.44x11.44 in design rectangle and .28 in margin; 0.3125 in bolt holes; the 2.875x8.75 in graphics-free serial area; 2.75 in minimum character height; the ALABAMA header at 80 pt in URW BaskerTwid; the SEVEN-character standard cap and SIX-character distinctive cap; black characters at a 4:1 contrast ratio; the mandatory Heart of Dixie legend and its sponsor opt-out; 3M sheeting and the CMYK-only rule; the J594e/FMVSS 108 reflectivity delegation; September 2006 digital manufacture](https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/License-Plate-Design-Specifications-040821.pdf)
- [Alabama Department of Archives and History, 'Alabama Automobile Tags Numerical by County': 'Alabama license plates first featured county codes in 1941. As of 2008, these codes continued to be used on passenger and some non-passenger types.' Full code-to-county table, 68 rows, including 1 Jefferson / 2 Mobile / 3 Montgomery and 70 Replacement. Live URL is dead; this is the Wayback capture](https://web.archive.org/web/20090430071153/http://www.archives.alabama.gov/auto-tags.html)
- [ALDOR's own plate catalogue: the Standard Passenger entry, its eligibility ('Private passenger automobiles, motorcycles, pickup trucks (not exceeding 12,000 pounds), motor homes of any weight'), and its code-section hooks 40-12-242 and 40-12-273](https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/license-plates/)
- [None is asserted as sourced here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Alabama)

## About this plate

ALABAMA STANDARD ISSUE, CURRENT BASE. WHY ONE SERIES AND NOT EIGHT: Alabama's eight reported arrangements are all seven characters, all county-prefixed, and all on one physical base.

## How numbers are issued

Each progresses 0 to 9, then A to Y, from right to left." An odometer-style mixed-radix progression rather than a letter-block scheme, which, if true, is why Alabama shows eight different-looking arrangements inside ONE series rather than eight series.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 2014](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--alabama/standard-2014) | 2014 to 2022 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2014](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--alabama/standard-2014) (2014 to 2022)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-al/us-al-standard-2022.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/alabama?series=us-al-standard-2022
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-al` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-al-standard-2022"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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